Paul B. Rothman M.D., dean of the medical faculty of the Johns Hopkins School of Medicine and CEO of Johns Hopkins Medicine, will discuss changes in academic medicine at 8 a.m., Tuesday, Aug. 16 in the Margaret Cameron Spain Auditorium.

The University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine will hold its White Coat Ceremony for first-year medical students at 2 p.m. Sunday, Aug. 14. Each of the 186 new members of the Class of 2020 will be presented with the traditional white coat in the presence of family, friends, faculty and staff.

In contrast to unreliable third-party physician rating and review systems, UAB Medicine is empowering consumers to make informed health care decisions based on reliable information from actual patients through its online physician directory.

Researchers have found that an interaction between a mutant gene and alpha synuclein in neurons leads to hallmark pathologies seen in Parkinson’s disease, findings that may lead to new mechanisms and targets for neuroprotection.